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Patented Dec. 5,1916.

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APPL ICATION FILED APR. 27, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

Application filed April 2*?, 1915. Serial No. 24,262.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, EDWARD FREYER, a subject of the German Emperor, anda resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements inBaskets, of which the following is a specification.

'lhe present invention relates to wicker baskets, and has for one of itsobjects to provide reinforcing means in the body portions and bottoms ofthe baskets, or in either of the same, which is interwoven with thewicker elements thereof.

Another object of the invention is to produce a basket wherein thebottom forms an integral part of the body portion, in contradistinctionto those heretofore in use in which the bottom forms a separate iece andis tied with wicker or osier ban s to the body portion.

A further object of the invention is to produce a foldable basket thatis simple in construction, durable and efficient in operation.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be madein the size and proportion of the several parts and details ofconstruction within the scope of the appended. claims without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

rlwo of the many possible embodiments of i,the invention are illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a diagrammatic planview of a basket constructed in accordance with the present invention;Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, part of the basketbeing shown in its unfinished form to more clearly show the constructionthereof; Fig. 3 is a similar section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. lis a vertical section taken through a modification of the invention; andFig. 5 is a section taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Beferring now more particularly to the basket shown in Figs. l to 3,inclusive, the numeral 10 indicates the bottom sticks, that is to saythose wicker elements of the botdirections and the bottom sticks 10 intransverse directions, said bottom sticks being disposed parallel toeach other, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. rlhe bottomsticks pass through a plurality of rein forcing elements 12, in the caseillustrated in the drawings through three bars, which are preferablymade of wood, said bars being disposed parallel to each other, the outerones forming two of the boundary lines of the bottom, and theintermediate being located in the longitudinal center line of saidbottom. In the outer face of each outer bar 12 is formed a recess 18 fora purpose hereinafter described. The bottom sticks pass throughapertures 13 in the bars 12 and are then bent, as shown at 14, upward toform the stakes of the sides of the basket. The stake portions of thebottom sticks are denoted by the numerals 15, their upper ends beingdrawn through apertures 16 in reinforcing bars 17. rlhe bars 17 arelocated a little distance below the upper ends of the stakes l5, and areinterwoven above the said bars with elements hereinafter to be de`scribed. The bends 111 of the bottom sticks are disposed in the recesses18 in the outer reinforcing bars 12.

Some of the wicker elements 11 of the bottom, for instance each fifth orsixth, are bent upward at 19 at the ends of the bottom, and extendthence in substantially vertical directionsupward, thereby forming thestakes 20 of the ends of the basket, said stakes passing near theirupper ends through apertures 21 in reinforcing bars 22, the latter beingdisposed in the plane of the bars 17. The stakes 20 extend above thebars 22. Between the lmeeting edges of two reinforcing bars 17 and 22 isarranged a corner stake 23.

Above the reinforcing bars 12 is formed a A worked the free ends 30 ofvthest'akes,` the j of.

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latter being bent substantially at right angles, to their stakeportions. From the foregoing it appears that the bottom of the basket ismade integral with the body portion thereof, that is to say the Ywickersof the former are interwoven with and form part of the vwickers of thelatter. VThe reinforcing bars are not, as heretofore, attached to thestakes and to the bottom of the basket, but form. part of the work orweave thereof. A very strong basket is thus obtained, the bottom ofwhich cannot be separated from the Vsides andends thereof, and the shapeof which is always retained due to the inseparable reinforcing bars.

" Amodification of the invention is illustrated in Figs. il' and 5,differing fromy that shown in Figs. 1` to 3, inclusive, in that thebasket is cylindrical, necessitating obviously an arcuate shaping of theouter reinforcing elements 12 to correspond to the circularconfiguration of the bottom. .The elements corresponding to thereinforcing bars 17 and 22 are in'this case ring-shaped, as shown at116. Of these reinforcing elements there is vone arranged a substantialdistance above the bottom of the basket, and another one Va substantialdistance below themouth there'- The reinforcing elements project, as

yond the Vbody portion of the basket to prevent injury to the same inhandling. This basket is especially adapted for storing and carryingheavy projectiles.

What Iv claim is 1. 'A wicker basket, comprising a bottom and a bodyvportion, said bottom being formed of two sets of interwoven wickers, oneof said sets extending in one direction and being bent out of the planeof said bottom upwardly to form the stakes of part of said body portion,and the other set running in a direction at an angle to said iirst'named set, somefof the second set being also bent out of the plane ofthe bottoni upwardly to form the stakes of the remainder of said kbodyportion, reinforcing bars provided with apertures through which saidstakes extend, wickers interwoven with said stakes below and above saidreinforcing bars, said stakes, reinforcing bars and said last named`wickers forming the body portion of the basket, and reinforcing barsupon said bottom provided with apertures through which said first namedset of the bottom wickers extends, two of said last named reinforcingbars forming two of the boundary lines of the bottom and having in theirouter faces longitudinal recesses in which the bends of said first namedset of bottom wickers are disposed.

2. A wicker basket, comprising a bottom and a body portion, said bottombeing formed of two sets of interwoven wickers, one of said setsextending in one direction and being bent out of the plane of saidbottoni upwardly to form the stakes o'f part of said body portion, andthe other set run ningin a direction at an angle to said irst named set,some of the second set being also bent out of the plane of the bottomupwardly to form the stakes of the remainder of said body portion,wickers interwoven with said stakes, said stakes and said last named'wickers forming the body portion of the basket, and reinforcing barsupon said bottom provided with apertures through which said first namedset of the bottom wickers extends, two of said reinforcing bars formingtwo of the boundary lines of the bottom and having in their` outer faceslongitudinal recesses in which the bends of said first Vnamed set ofbottom wickers are disposed.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York,this 24th day of April, A. D. 1915.

- EDWARD FREYER. Witnesses:

SrGM-UND HERZOG, M. FRIEDLANDER.

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. Washington, D. C.

